History Exam Timeline PDF

Triple Entente: - - - Triple Alliance: - - - 1914 WWI - Soldiers fought from trenches because it provided coverage, but led to stalemates. The conditions were harsh, with mud, rats, and diseases. - It\'s a strategy where one side aims to wear down the enemy by inflicting...

Triple Entente: - - - Triple Alliance: - - - 1914 WWI - Soldiers fought from trenches because it provided coverage, but led to stalemates. The conditions were harsh, with mud, rats, and diseases. - It\'s a strategy where one side aims to wear down the enemy by inflicting continuous losses in personnel and material. 4 Battles - Canadians successfully captured the ridge by using "leapfrogging" - Known for its horrific conditions, Canadian soldiers fought to capture the village of Passchendaele. - - Canadian soldiers were among the first to face poison gas attacks during this battle. - Innovations aimed to gain tactical advantages and ultimately contribute to victory in battles. Ex; **Tanks**- Designed to break through enemy lines and navigate difficult terrain, providing infantry support. **Aircraft**- Utilized for reconnaissance to gather better positioning on enemies and later for bombing missions to target strategic locations. **Submarines** (U-boats)- Used to disrupt maritime supply routes and target enemy ships, impacting naval warfare. - This started in 1917 when the government introduced the Military Service Act to draft men into military service due to rising casualties. This decision sparked controversy, among French Canadians. - It was a Canadian law passed in 1914. It gave the government extensive powers to ensure national security. It allowed for censorship, the internment of enemy allies, and economic regulation. It aimed to address wartime needs, it also raised concerns about civil rights, and it affected Germans. It was also used in WWII. - They were established as a response to the fear of enemy allies, particularly those of German and Austro-Hungarian descent. The Canadian government interned around 8,600 people from 1914-1920. These camps were set up under the War Measures Act, which allowed for the holding of people considered a threat to national security. The conditions were harsh in these camps, overcrowding, not good food, and limited freedom. They were forced to work on projects that would benefit the war. - One Big Union -Labour movement in Canada and the United States. It aimed to unite all workers, regardless of trade, into a single union to gain greater bargaining power against employers. - Veterans faced challenges such as finding employment, adjusting to life after combat, and dealing with physical and mental scars from their experiences. The government put in various programs to support returning soldiers, but many struggled to settle. - There were multiple radio kits in the 1920s-1930s, all of them included a wire and a crystal quartz. Hockey games were the most popular broadcasting stations. Radio listeners would sit and listen to Toronto commentated live by Foster Hewitt. Guglielmo invented radios. Newspaper writers feared that because of radio people would stop buying papers. Roger Ernest came up with no-battery radios. - The women\'s Basketball team known as the Edmonton Grads, won 95% of their games. Women were employed in clerical, sales clerk positions and factory work. Women fought for years to get the same pay as men. In 1928, the Supreme Court ruled that the BNA Act did not include women in the definition of "person." That meant women were not allowed and also could not be appointed to the Senate. These women took it to the British Privy Council, which overwrote the Supreme Court\'s decision - ### **1. Canada's Growing Autonomy in the 1920s** During the 1920s, Canada increasingly asserted itself as a sovereign nation, moving away from British control in foreign policy and governance. Key events include: #### **a) The Chanak Crisis (1922)** - - - #### **b) The Halibut Treaty (1923)** - - #### **c) The King-Byng Affair (1926)** - - - #### **d) The Balfour Declaration (1926)** - - ### **2. The Statute of Westminster (1931)** - - - - ### **Impact of the 1920s on Independence** - - - Western Democracy Canada Us France Great Britain Authoritarianism Totalitarianism Facism Nazism Communism - 1930's ------ Prime Ministers we looked at through history; **Mackenzie King** - - - - - **R.B Bennett** - - - - **John Diefenbaker** - - - - - **Robert Borden** - - - - - **Impact on Society** - - - **Stock Market Crash** - - - **Dust Bowl** - - - **Great Depression** - - - - ### **WW2 (1939 - 1945)** Allies: - - - - Axis Powers: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Major Battles (Land, Sea, Air)** **Air Battles:** - - - - - - **Land Battles:** - - - - **Sea Battles:** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **1950's After The War** ------------------------ **What was Money Like?** - - - **Diefenbaker** - - - - **How are Minorities treated throughout history?** - - - - - - - - - - - - **Television** - - - - **Changes to Society** - - How are Canadians Innovative? Canadians always rise to the challenge as we face a problem we think of a solution whether that be medical, technological or strategic. Canadians always find new solutions to new problems. - - - - - - - - - - ### **1960s** - - - - - - - **Bill of Rights** Deifenabker created the Bill of Rights to show he tried to accommodate all Canadians. The Bill of Rights is the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of the human person **NORAD-** North American Air Defence System. NORAD joined American and Canadian fighter, missile and radar units together. NORAD was created in case of a nuclear attack from the soviet union. **DEW-** Distant Early Warning, which is a system of radar stations. The purpose of DEW was to detect incoming Soviet bombers during the Cold War. It was part of a strategy to provide early warning of aerial attacks. **NATO-** North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO was created to defend Europe from the Soviet Union. This not only would help Canada in case of an attack but it strengthened Canada's trading partners. **AVRO-** The Avro Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. It was claimed it was 15 years ahead of its time and when Diefenbaker cancelled the project over 15000 people lost their jobs. ALong with the project draining Canada's military costs. **FLQ October Crisis** FLQ was a small group of extremists who carried out a string of bombings and bank robberies, mostly in Montreal (between 1963 and 1907. They were striking fear into the people of Quebec. In October they went to more extreme measures, resorting to killing and kidnaping famous political figures in Quebec. Leading to the death of one (Pierre Laporte). **Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1980s)** The Bill of Rights was only applied to areas under federal jurisdiction. Trudeau wanted a charter of rights and freedoms that would have an effect politically and legally. Trudeau created the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Or simply the Charter). This is the most recognized part of Canada's Constitution. The charter grants the rights of individuals by ensuring those rights and certain limits on them, in the highest law of the land. The Charter has expanded since then, expanding the rights of minorities and criminal defendants.